Mexicanos : a history of Mexicans in the United States / Manuel G. Gonzales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzales, Manuel G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--History.

Mexican Americans.

Mexicans--United States--History.

Mexicans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Newly revised and updated, Mexicanos tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and tempered by an often difficult existence, Mexicans continue to play an important role in U.S. society, even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate

Contents:

Spaniards and Native Americans, prehistory-1521

The Spanish frontier, 1521-1821

The Mexican far north, 1821-1848

The American Southwest, 1848-1900

The great migration, 1900-1930

The depression, 1930-1940

The Second World War and its aftermath, 1940-1965

The Chicano movement, 1965-1975

Goodbye to Aztlán, 1975-1994

The Hispanic challenge, 1994-present.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-59632-5

9786613626158

0-253-00777-1

OCLC:

784884366